Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 17 (Xinhua) -- German Lufthansa announced on December 15 that it is scheduled to resume international flights to and from Tel Aviv, Israel, next month. According to Reuters, Lufthansa became one of the first airlines to announce the resumption of flights to and from Israel since the outbreak of a new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict in early October.
Lufthansa said it will resume flights between Frankfurt and Munich in Germany and Tel Aviv in Israel from January 8 next year, with the former route four times a week and the latter three times a week. Passengers can book tickets from the 18th of this month.
On January 17, 2022, two Lufthansa planes arrived at Frankfurt Airport in Germany. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lu Yang.
Lufthansa Group Austrian Airlines and SWISS are scheduled to resume flights to and from Tel Aviv in the first half of January.
Swiss Air Lines and Eurowings resumed flights to and from Lebanon on the 15th. After a new round of conflict broke out between Palestine and Israel on October 7, a number of international airlines not only canceled flights to and from Israel, but also suspended flights to Israel's neighboring Lebanon.
Other airlines are still waiting to see what happens. Delta Air Lines and American Airlines said on the 15th that flights to and from Tel Aviv will not resume until March 29 next year. United Airlines said on the 15th that it would continue to suspend flights to and from Tel Aviv.
British Airways has suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv until January 10 next year. Iberia Express and Buerin Air have postponed the resumption of flights to Tel Aviv until February 29 and January 13 next year, respectively. (Wang Hongbin).